sapiência
Portuguese, noun/sa.piˈẽ.sjɐ/
sapiência is spelled S-A-P-I-Ê-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sapiência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sapience; wisdom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inteligência”.
What does sapiência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesapience; wisdom
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inteligência 2. qualidade de quem é sapiente 3. sabedoria divina
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sapiência
- sapiências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sapiência?
- Brazil /sa.piˈẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil /saˈpjẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /sɐˈpjẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sapiência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sapiência in Portuguese?
sapiência appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).